Dr. E. Faye Williams of National Congress of Black Women on Equality for Women- 4:36

"One of the things we have decided that we have to do is to stir up that Equal Rights Amendment so that we're in the Constitution and better protected than we are now."

Posted Apr 28, 2015

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In the U.S., women on average, make 78 cents to every dollar earned by men. For African American women, that amount drops to 68 cents and it drops further for Hispanic women to 57 centers. Dr. E. Faye Williams, of the National Congress of Black Women discusses pay equity and other issues of equality for women.
Williams stated, "One of the things we have decided that we have to do is to stir up that Equal Rights Amendment so that we're in the Constitution and better protected than we are now."
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